Hydrocarbon-burner



(-No Model.)

R. REID. HYDROGARBON BURNER.

Patented May 8, 1894.

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WASHINGTON. n. c.

NlTE-D STATES PATENT FFICE.

ROBERT REID, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HYDROCARBON-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 519,392, dated May 8, 1894.

Application filed May 4,1893. Serial No. 473,020. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT REID, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hydrocarbon- Burners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hydrocarbon burners and the obj eotis to construct a burner in which a low grade of oil having a very high fire test can be used without forming a deposit or sediment on the inside of the chamber in which the gas is generated. I accomplish this object by taking the gas from the generating chamber at a comparatively low temperature, heating it only sufliciently hot to transform the heavy hydrocarbon of oils into a gas. After the gas has escaped and been ignited I pass it overa heated surface thus in a manner superheating it and producing a more complete and perfect combustion. In the hydrocarbon burners as usually constructed, when the high fire test oils are used, -the chamber in which the gas is generated must be brought to such a high temperature that a deposit of soot'or sediment is formed on the inside thereof, this deposit soon clogs up the generator and renders the burner useless.

The improvement consists in placing over that part of the burner in which the gas is generated a bonnet or cover in connection with a device for spreading the flame, so that the flame will be forcedto travel almost completely around the gas generator before escaping and by this means heat the said generator sufficiently hot to transform the heaviest hydrocarbon oils into a gas.

In. the accompanying drawings Figure 1, shows a side view of my burner having one form of spreader and bonnet thereon. Fig. 2, shows a view of the burner with the bonnet and spreader removed. Fig. 3, is a bottom view of the form of spreader shown in Fig.1. Fig. 4, is a bottom View of the bonnet or cover shown in Fig. 1.

A, represents the gas generator which is hollow and preferably made in the form of a circle, but it may be made in any desired shape.

B, is the bonnet or cover adjusted over and resting upon the generator as shown in Fig. 1.

' C, is a removable spreader or lid fitting over the opening in the top of the bonnet B. This spreader'does not set down tightly upon the bonnet being raised above about one eighth of an inch.

a, a, are small openings around the outside edge of the spreader.

E, is an oildish provided with an upwardly extending flange around the outer edge thereof, into this dish as asbestus wick or packing may be loosely laid in any convenient man.

ner.

F, is the oil supply pipe. G, is the cock thereon for turning on and off the oil, the supply of which is located above the burner.

A, is a solid leg or standard supporting one side of the generator.

B, is a hollow leg supporting the genera tor on the side opposite to the solid leg.

B is a yoke joining the two legs A and B together.

a, is a small bolt passing through the yoke B and securing the generator and its connecting legs to the oil dish E.

D, is the gas nipplefitting into the yoke B about the middle thereof so that the flame therefrom will strike in the center of the circular opening in the generator.

a is'a tapering hole in the nipple'D- b, is a tubular opening in the yoke B extending from the hollow leg 13, to the nip- ,ple D.

a is a solid partition located in the generator between the point where the oil supply pipe enters the generator and where the hollow leg B, joins it.

The burner being connected and arranged as shown in Fig. 1, the method of operating is as follows: The oil being turned on at the cock G, it flows up the supply pipe F, into the generator and through it, in the direction indicated by the arrows and down the hollow leg B, into the tubular opening I), and out of the nipple D, at the opening a dripping down into the oil dish, where it will saturate the wick which is then lighted. The heat generated by the burning oil will in a few minutes heat the generator so that the oil contained therein will be turned into a gas, which, escaping out the opening in the nipple, is ignited by the flame from the burning oil in the wick,and the burner is then in full operation with a strong flame striking up against the spreader or lid 0, on the bonnet B. The spreader being solid,will not allow the flame to escape directly upward, but it will be deflected down around the outside of the generator A, passing out under the edge of the honnet B. A small amount of gas will pass between the upper edge of the bonnet B and the under side of the spreader 0, this gas will be lighted at the openings at, a, andshow a number of small jets of flame around the outer edge of the spreader 0.

B is a modified form of the bonnet or cover made similar to the bonnet shown in Fig. 1, but deeper around the outer rim or edge extending down some distance below the bottom line of the generator A. It also has a smaller central opening.

The form of spreader or lid shown in Fig. 1, is provided with small openings around the outer edge thereof. These openings are not necessary but are placed there to improve the appearance of the flame when the burner is used in an open grate, as small jets of flame will show at each of said openings.

The form of spreader and bonnetshown in Fig. 1, may be made in one piece if desired and may or may not have the openings 0, for

the small jets of flame.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a hydrocarbon burner the combination of a gas generator having a central opening therein and provided with a suitable supply pipe, a gas nipple located beneath the central opening in the generator, with a cover or bonnet placed over and above the generator in such position that the flame will pass through the central opening and be deflected over, downward and around the outside of the generator, as set forth.

2. In a hydrocarbon burner, the combination of an annular gas generator A, having a supply pipe F and a draw-oft pipe B, a partition a, in said generator between the supply and draw-oft openings, a gas nipple located beneath the central opening in said generator and connected with said draw-oft pipe, with a cover or bonnet placed over and above the generator in such position that the flame will pass through the central opening and be deflected over, downward and around the outside of the generator, as set forth.

3. In a hydrocarbon burner the combination of a gas generator having a central opening therein and provided with supply and draw-oft pipes, with a bonnet B having a removable spreader G, as set forth.

In testimony whereof Iaftix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT REID.

Witnesses:

JOHN I. GREEN, Tnos. D. MOWLDS. 

